Friday, May 30, 2008

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The Norwegian Royal Yacht NORGE on the river Tagus off Lisbon on 27th May 2008. After a three-day stay the NORGE left port yesterday May 29 at 4 PM. She is one of the very best looking and most beautiful ships I have been able to photograph since 1972...Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

Acompanhe a construção e acabamento do novo paquete EURODAM no excelente blogue EURODAM. Aqui...Texto /Text copyright L.M.Correia. Image from the EURODAM blog. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

June 27 will be an historic day for Fincantieri when two Costa ships are floated out simultaneously: Costa Luminosa at the Marghera yard and Costa Pacifica at Sestri Ponente.Costa Luminosa is due for delivery at the end of April 2009, with Costa Pacifica following a month later. The arrival of the two ships will boost the Costa fleet to 14 with total passenger capacity of approximately 36,000.The 92,700gt Costa Luminosa, a new design for the brand, will carry up to 2,828 passengers. A sister to Costa Concordia and Costa Serena, the 114,500gt Costa Pacifica will accommodate up to 3,780 passengers. Image: the COSTA EUROPA cruising off LisbonTexto Seatrade Insider News / Image copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

Eurodam, the 80th ship to enter Holland America Line service, will be handed over at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Venice on June 14.The 86,700gt vessel will then head for the UK port of Southampton where she is expected to arrive on June 26 and stay overnight for promotional events before moving onto Rotterdam to be named on July 1.Capable of carrying 2,104 passengers, Eurodam is the largest ship in Holland America’s fleet. Fincantieri is also building a sister ship, as yet unnamed, due to enter service in autumn 2010. Image: The EURODAM painted by Stephen J. Card, one of several paintings to be seen aboard the new Holland America ship

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The Azores Ports are hosting a training seminar entitled ‘The Cruise Industry of Today and Tomorrow’ on June 19 in Ponta Delgada.‘The focus of the event is for ports and cruise lines to share information, experiences and thoughts, and brainstorm new ideas towards a continuous improvement of the cruise product,’ said Carlos Adalberto Silva, president of Azores Ports. Ponta Delgada is putting the finishing touches on a new cruise terminal which will officially open this summer.Joining the panel discussions are Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s John Tercek, Princess Cruises’ Bruce Krumrine, Carnival UK’s Philip Naylor, Fred. Olsen’s Tim Mooore and MSC’s Luigi Pastena, as well as MedCruise president Laurent Monsaingeon and svp Albert Poggio.Topics for discussion include the EU and cruise tourism, MedCruise’s contribution to the formulation of EU policies, preserving the Mediterranean’s diverse culture as the industry growsand opportunities for Portugal and its Atlantic isles to expand cruise tourism. Photo: the new Ponta Delgada cruise terminal PORTAS DO MAR

Seatrade Cruise News text /Image copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

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A Fragata URUGUAY ex NRP COMANDANTE JOÃO BELO registou importantes avarias no casco após colisão no Atlântico Sul com a sua irmã PEDRO CAMPBELL...Texto copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

Monday, May 26, 2008

Two former flagships in Lisbon on 25 May 2008: the MAXIM GORKIY ex-HAMBURG of 1969, former flagship of the Soviet merchant fleet and the Federal German merchant fleet (1969-1973), and the former Tagus ferries flagship EBORENSE of 1954, now the oldest ferry still in service in Lisbon...Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

The Lisbon shipping scene in photographs, with the cruise ships MAKSIM GORKIY and BLACK WATCH alongside the Alcantara and Rocha cruise terminals framed by arriving cargo ships, the CALA PULA and the OPDR CADIZ...

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The Norwegian Royal Yacht arrived at Cascais, Portugal on 25th May 2008 waiting for His Majesty the King Harald V for a state visit to Portugal on 27 - 29th May.The NORGE is an extremely beautiful ship, built at Southampton, England by the famous yacht builders Camper & Nicholson's Ltd., to the order of T. Sopwith as the PHILANTE and launched to the water on 17th February 1937.During WW2 she served in the Royal Navy as an anti-submarine escort andafter the war was purchased by the Norwegian people and offered to the King in 1947 after reconditioning at Southampton as the Royal Yacht NORGE.She suffered a serious fire on 7th March 1985 but was repaired in order to continue to show the Norwegian flag as the country's Royal Yacht.The NORGE is operated by the Royal Norwegian Navy (Pennant number N533). With a displacement of 1.786 tons, the 80.2 m long twin screw ship is equiped with 2 Bergen diesel main engines developing 3.520 bhp and attains a service speed of 17 knots.For additional informations on the NORGE go to the Atlantico Azul blog...Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

Close up views of the Yacht NORGE taken at Cascais 2008-05-25. A very beautiful ship full of maritime traditions...

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The Royal Yacht NORGE this evening at Cascais lowering her flags at sunset. Note the sailors attending the flag poles to lower the national ensign at the stern and the Norwegian Navy jack at the bow. Both flags were lowered exactly at the same moment, followed by the courtesy flag of Portugal.Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

The Norwegian Royal Yacht NORGE photographed at anchor at Cascais, Portugal on the night of 25th May 2008.Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

The Portuguese Navy survey ship ALMIRANTE GAGO COUTINHO (A523) photographed off Lisbon on 25th May 2008. She is the second of two similar sisters of the D. CARLOS I class.Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

Texto de /Text by L.M.Correia. Photos by Sérgio Ferreira. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

Texto de /Text by L.M.Correia. Photos by Sérgio Ferreira.For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged.Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

Vistas panorâmicas da esquadra portuguesa atracada no molhe da Pontinha para as comemorações do Dia da Marinha 2008.Fotos de Sérgio Ferreira tiradas a 23 de Maio de 2008. Vale a pena ir ao blogue do Sérgio, aqui...Texto de Luís Miguel Correia com fotografias de Sérgio Ferreira. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

Friday, May 23, 2008

The Holland America Line cruise ship PRINSENDAM sailing from Lisbon on 23 May 2008 after an overnight stay.Built in Finland for the old Royal Viking Line as ROYAL VIKING SUN, the PRINSENDAM is the smallest member of the Hoolland America fleet.On the first photograph, the BRILLIANCE of the SEAS can also be seen at the stern of the PRINSENDAM.

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LUÍS MIGUEL CORREIA

LUÍS MIGUEL CORREIA (LMC) has worked as a leading author, editor and expert in shipping history and maritime photography, winning international recognition for his books, magazine articles and talks. He has been since 1995 the managing director of EIN-NÁUTICA, a tailor made maritime books publishing company from Lisbon, and prior to that was co-editor of REVISTA de MARINHA from 1980 to 1995. He now combines his work in the publishing and photographic industries with research work in international shipping and cruising. PORTUGUESE PASSENGER SHIPS is his next book. In January 2015 LMC resumed his duties as co-editor of REVISTA DE MARINHA, a classic maritime magazine published since 1937.

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LINER BOOKS

LINER BOOKSis a series of high quality illustrated reference books on passenger ships by noted maritime historians William H. Miller (New York) and Luís Miguel Correia (Lisbon). The following four titles in print are available from L. M. Correia at +351 967 041 525 (m.s.funchal@gmail.com). Signed copies can be provided.

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SAVE THE T.S. HAMBURG in Hamburg

The T.S. HAMBURG of 1969 deserves preservation in her original home port of Hamburg. She is an historic ship, one of the best examples of the German shipbuilding art in the 1960s, she is mostly still in original form and well maintained, and she was a very successful cruise ship over the last 40 years. As the MAKSIM GORKIY she was the flagship of the Soviet Union mighty passenger ship fleet and she even played her part in the ending of the cold war when Presidents Mikhail Gorbatchov and Bush met onboard on 2 and 3 December 1989 off Malta. She was recently sold for scrap and is on her way to Alang. She needs a proper berth in the centre of the Port of Hamburg. Go to T.S. HAMBURG a new blog by L. M. Correia